[TN-Bird] Kentucky Lake birds - 30 Sept 14
- From: Scott Somershoe <ssomershoe@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2014 19:23:31 -0500
I did the trip from Pace Point around to Paris Landing SP today. Highlights
below.
Bennett's Creek overlook, Big Sandy Unit TN NWR (Henry Co).
In the field below the overlook (most birds were in the grown up ditch on
the north side):
30+ indigo bunting
2 Swamp Sparrow
1 (prob. 2) Lincoln's Sparrow
1 Sedge Wren
1 Least Flycatcher and a second bird that I think is a Least as well (will
download photos later)
5 Bobolink in very dry the grassy field
Pace Point - (same loc. as above)
Ring-billed Gulls, 2 Am. White Pelicans, and not much else
Lakeview Manor Rd Bottoms - Henry Co.
2000+ Am White Pelicans loafing near mouth of the bay
Britton Ford Unit - TN TNWR (Henry Co)
Not much other than 4 Bobolink in the grassy patch (that probably has a
name) on the main road where we find lots of sparrows every winter. It's
the only grassy/grown up field of reasonably decent habitat out here every
year and this is that ~2 acre patch.
Eagle Creek Bay - Henry Co.
12 Snowy Egret
3 Little Blue Herons
47 Forster's Terns
12 Pectoral Sandpipers
1 Stilt Sandpiper
Yellow-rumped Warbler (my first for the fall and the only time I'll ever
post about seeing a yellow-rumped!).
Paris Landing SP- Henry Co., birds on the island:
notables include:
79 Herring Gulls (nearly all adults, only 1 juv bird)
4 Lesser Black-backed Gulls (three 3rd winter birds, one in 2nd winter
plumage)
Cheers,
Scott Somershoe
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